Fan attachment for baby-carriages



(No Model.)

B. G. VAN NOUHUYS & K. G. DOWNES.

FAN ATTACHMENT FOR BABY GARRIAGES. No. 399,585.

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UNTTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDXVIN O. VAN NOUHUYS, OF ALBANY, AND KYRAN C. DOXVNES, OF GREENBUSH,NEW YORK.

FAN ATTACHMENT FOR BABY-CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,585, dated March12, 1889.

Application filed March 5, 1887. Renewed January 16, 1889- Serial No.296,570- (No model.)

To all whom it nuty concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWIN O. VAN NOU- HUYs, of the city and county ofAlbany, and KYRAN G. D'OIVNES, of Greenbush, in the county ofRensselaer, both in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulIniprovements in Fan Attachments for Baby- Carriages, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to automatic fan attachments for baby-carriages;and it consists of the combination of parts herein described forrotating a fan by the rotative motion of the wheels of a vehicle.

In the accompanying drawings, which are herein referred to and form partof this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a baby-carriageprovided with our attachment, and Fig. 2 a front elevation of our fanattachment detached. from the carriage.

As represented in the drawings, A is the baby-carriage, which may be ofany preferred style and form; and B, the wheels on which it runs.

It must be understood that our invention has no relation to theconstruction of the carriage, and, as shown in the drawings, all partsof it are old and well known.

Our fan attachment consists of the following parts: A bracket,O,which issecured to the body of the carriage by a bolt, 0, so that it can bereadily detachedtherefrom if required, or thrown. over sidewise when thefan is not required to revolve. Said bracket has near its upper end alateral arm, 1, which forms a journal-bearing for a shaft, Dv Near thelower end of said bracket is a lateral socket, 2, in which a slidingstud, 3, is inserted to form a bearing for the lower end of the shaft D,and a spring, 4-, is fitted in said socket to bear against the inner endof the sliding stud 3, so as to force the latter outwardly. The shaft Dhas a friction-wheel, 5, secured to it, and said wheel is pressed by thespring LL against the inner side of one of the carriagewheels B, so thatas the carriage wheel revolves a rotatory motion will thereby be lll1-parted to the shaft D. A horizontal shaft, E, is journaled in the upperend of the bracket 0, and in a branch or arm, 6, of said bracket a pairof bevel-wheels, either toothed or frietional, is secured 011 theadjacent ends of the shafts D and E, so that the two will have a uniformmotion. hen frictional wheels are used, springs 7 should be interposedbetween the back of each wheel and the journal-bearing nearest to it forthe purpose of forcing said wheels into frictional contact with eachother. A fan, F, is secured to the inner end of the shaft E, so as tobring it about centrally over the body of the carriage, when, as the fanis revolved, it will deliver a current of air fairly upon the occupantof the carriage. A spring-catch, S, is fixed to the bottom of thebracket G, and is arranged to engage with the shaft D and hold thefriction wheel 5 out of contact with the carriagewheel when it isdesired to stop the fan F from revolving, and the bracket G can beturned sidewise 011 the bolt 0 into a position where it will be out ofthe way of placing a child in the carriage.

By providing a sliding stud for the bearing at the lower end of theshaft D we are enabled to obtain a constant pressure of thefriction-wheel 5 against the side of the wheel l3, notwithstanding anylittle irregularity that may exist in the side of the rim of said wheel.

\Ve claim as our invention 1. The combination, with a baby-carriage andits supporting-wheels, of a bracket secured to said carriage and formingthe bearings for the fan-actuating shafts,- a vertical shaft providedwith a friction wheel which bears against a wheel of said carriage andis held in frictional contact with said wheel by means of aspring-bearing, and a horizontal shaft which is connected by gearing tothe vertical shaft and has a series of fan-blades attached thereto, asand for the purpose specified.

2. A fan attachment for baby-carriages, consisting of a bracket havingjournal-bearings for a horizontal and a vertical shaft formed therein,the lower bearing for the latter being forced outwardly by a spring, andsaid vertical shaft having a friction-wheel that is arranged to bearagainst one wheel of the carriage, the said horizontal shaft beinggeared to the vertical shaft and having blades for a rotary fan attachedthereto to extend over the body of the carriage, as and for the purposeherein specified.

EDlVIN G. VAN NOUIIUYS. KYRAN C. DOlVN ES. \Vitnesses:

WM. H. Low, S. B. BREWER.

